31979R1912

No L 221 /40 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 8 . 79

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1912/79 of 30 August 1979 introducing a countervailing charge on table grapes originating in Greece

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN tion (EEC) No 668/78 (5), the prices to be taken , into COMMUNITIES, consideration must be recorded on the representative markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas for Greek table grapes the entry price calcu­ lated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit of account below the reference price for two consecutive Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization therefore be introduced for these table grapes ; of the market in fruit and vegetables (J ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1301 /79 (2), and in Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) price should be calculated on the following basis : thereof,

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No relation to each other at any given moment within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product imported from a third country remains at least 0-50 their effective parity ; unit of account below the reference price for two consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the be introduced in respect of the exporting country arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ; of these currencies recorded for a given period in whereas this charge is equal to the difference between relation to the Community currencies referred to the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the in the previous indent ; last two entry prices available for that exporting country ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29 March 1 979 (6) laid down the coefficient for expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /79 ECU, of 9 July 1979 fixing the reference prices for table grapes for the 1979 marketing year (3) fixed the refer­ ence price for products of class I for the period 21 July to 30 August 1979 at 38-89 ECU per 100 kilo­ grams net ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded Article 1 for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country concerned which are marketed on all repre­ A countervailing charge of 31 2 ECU per 100 kilo­ sentative markets for which prices are available, less grams net is applied to table grapes (subheading 08.04 the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) A I of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the Greece . meaning of representative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;

Article 2 Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­ tion (EEC) No 2118/71 (4), as last amended by Regula­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1979 . 0) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 162, 30. 6. 1979, p. 26 . (3) OJ No L 172, 10. 7. 1979, p. 6. (5) OJ No L 90, 5. 4. 1978 , p. 5 . (<) OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 . (*) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .

31 . 8 . 79 No L 221 /41 Official Journal of the European Communities

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 30 August 1979 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH . Vice-President